The Green Party have announced with great delight that fines that were given to people walking their dogs in parks must be returned to the wrongly accused. It comes after a person who was wrongly accused by the Department of Forests for walking their two dogs in Athalassa National park was acquitted by the court. The Green party is against the banning of walking animals in parks and public places. They state that, “Unfortunately some closed minded people at high ranking places deal with this whole matter with prejudice and ignorance. We suggested that all fines that where paid by accused animal owners should be returned to them. Since the law excludes dogs from the legal term “animals”, this means that they had been illegally accused”. They claim that the Government is now responsible in returning the money to the wrongly accused. The Green Party is petitioning for specially designated areas where people can relax with their pets.